“For gods perceive future things, mortals present things and wise men things about to happen.” PHILOSTRATOS “Life of Apollonius of Tyana” VIII 7

In walking through a city, a moment’s punctuation can change one’s life forever. A moment can turn into a second of consciousness. At 61 York Street, the past and future meld into one in a composition that is defined by a familiar and contemporary dimension of 2.4m; a dimension that translates to all measures of the building; all proportions; all elements. The composition is refined by the relation of ‘rondo’ in musical composition in both vertical and horizontal reading.

Like the structure of the human body, the building’s surface provides many clues as to its form and where the structure emerges; it is raw and transparent as a form that holds.